Sample holder



M. STEINTHAL SAMPLE HOLDER Oct. 31., 1939.

Filed Sept. 30, 1958 2 Sheets-Sheet l lllfrlll//IIIIIIIIA IIIIIIL ,4I/1 Ital Mmm ' INVENTOR. /Vae T//v .Sv-- WML BY f,

ATTORNEYSI Oct. 31, 1939.

M. sTElNTHAL. 2,177,914

SAMPLE HOLDER Filed sept. so, 193s 2 sheets-sheet 2 INVENTOR. /V/ze r//v 57am/TMW.

4 ATTORNEYS Patented oasi, i939 2,177,914

UNITED STATES PATENT orricE SAMPLE HOLDER Martin Steinthal, New York, N. Y.

Application September 30, 1938, Serial No. 232,585

4 Claims.` (Cl. 229-82) This invention relates to improvements in sam- Figure 3, may be folded in and cover the front ple holders and has for one of its objects to proof the sheet I to which the swatches II are se- Vide an improved holder of simple and practical cured, as shown by the full line in Figure 3. construction wherein small fabric swatches and The folder further comprises a cover section I4 5 a larger quality sample of the goods contained in of substantially the same area of the sheet l0 and said swatches are combined in a unitary strucsaid cover section has a ap I5 secured, by adture so that the same may be effectively displayed. hesive, to the flap I2. Said cover section is then The above and other objects will appear more bent around the adjacent edge of the sheet IU clearly from the following detailed description as indicated at I6 and said bent portion defines 10 when taken in connection with the accompanya folding line by means of which the cover sec- 10 ing drawings which illustrate the preferred emtion is hingedly mounted for movement to opened bodiments of the inventive idea. and closed positions. The outer surface of the In the drawings: cover section I4 may be employed for the print- Figure 1 is a perspective View of a sample holder ing of suitable advertising indicia while the inner or binder constructed in accordance with one emsurface of said cover section may have secured 15 bodiment of the invention and shown in its closed thereto a plurality 0f SWatCheS l1 Similar t0 the position. swatches I I.

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the holder in In the form of the invention illustrated in Figits opened position. ures 4 and 5, the holder is shown as comprising Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure 1. a mounting sheet I8 upon which may be secured 2o Figure 4 is a View similar to Figure 2 showing a plurality of sample swatches I9 similar to the another form of holder. swatches I I and l1. A backing 20 is provided for Figure 5 is a top plan View of the holder of the sheet I8 and interposed between said elements Figure 4 in its Closed or folded position, is a filler 2I which is secured to the inner opposed Figure 6 is a plan View, partly broken away, of surface of said sheet and backing by a suitable 25 still another form of sample holder in its opened adhesive. The ller ZI is of less area than the position, and l sheet and backing so as to provide a space be- Figure 7 is a, transverse section through the tween the latter elements along their outer Vertiholder of Figure 6. cal edges for the introduction of the inner edge Referring more particularly to Figures l to 3, 0f the quality Sample 22. Similar D0 the Sample I3.. 30 the numeral I0 indicates a mounting sheet upon Seid inner edge of the sample 22 is secured 1n which may be secured, in any preferred manner, said Space by an adhesive and When fOlOled 11p011 a plurality of small swatches Il which may `be itself, as indicated, is of substantially the area of different designs and of the same quality of Of the Sheet |8- Wllen T1015 being pSpeCted. the

fabric. The inner edge of the sheet In is prosample 22 may be folded inwardly in superma5 vided with en inturned nep l2 and inserted beposed relation to seid sheet I8. es indicated in tween said flap and the opposed portion of the Figure 5- undersurface of the sheet IB and secured thereto, The hOlder fllltllel COmpIiSeS e COVer Section by suitable adhesive, is one edge of a quality 23 ofthe same size as the sheet I8 and preferably sample I3. This sample may have the same fabmede Of a transparent material, Silell dS Ce11u- 40 ric design 0r pattern as any one of the small lOid, s0 that the sample 22 is Visible through the swatches Il and is of the same quality of fabric COVel" SeetOfl When the paYlS dl'e in foldedpOS- as 9,11 of the swatches, The somme |3 is made tion. To secure the various elements together, a of a size su'icent to enable a prospective pur- Spiral binder 24 may be emplOyed WhCh @Xtends chaser to obtain a better idea of the quality tllIOUgll the Slleet ISbElCkiDg Zlllel 2l and the 45 0f the fabric than can be secured from one 0f COVel Section 23 SO that the latter element may be the small swatches II and, as shown in the drawswung t0 Opened and ClOSed pOStiODS as shown ings, is formed from a length of material that is in Figures 4 and 5J TeSpeCllVelY- folded upon itself with the free ends secured Again, es in the previously described modicabetween the sheet Ill and the ap I2. When so tions, the holder of Figures G` and 'l is shown as 50 folded, the sample I3 is of an area substantially comprising a mounting sheet 25 upon which mayl twice the size of the mounting sheet Ill so that be secured a plurality of swatches 26, the same one-half of the sample will completely cover the being disposed in overlapping relation in the presback of said sheet, while the remaining half, when ent instance. The holder further comprises a not extended as indicated by the dotted lines in quality sample 21 which, in the present embodi- 55 ment, constitutes both the back and the front of the holder. For this purpose said sample 21 is made of a double thickness of the fabric and when so formed is of an area substantially twice the size of the mounting sheet 25. One section 28 of the sample 2l' forms the back of the holder While the other section Z9 thereof constitutes the front of the holder. The top and bottom edges of the two sections 28 and 29 and the free vertical edge of the section 28 are secured by the binding strips 3&3 and these strips are also utilized to secure to the inner surface of the section 28 a transparent cover 3l of Celluloid which combines with the latter section to form a pocket for receiving the mounting sheet 25 which may be removed from said pocket when it is desired to inspect the swatches 26.

What is claimed is:

l. A sample holder comprising a mounting sheet having secured thereto a plurality of fabric swatches of like quality and each of different design, and a sample forming a part of said holder and extending beyond an edge thereof and being of greater area than the combined area of said swatches and of the same quality, said sample being foldable from said edge to constitute a cover for said swatches.

2. A sample holder comprising a mounting sheet having secured thereto a plurality of fabric swatches of like quality, a quality sample of at least substantially the area of said sheet secured to and covering the back of the latter and foldable over the swatches thereon, and a cover for said folder hingedly connected to said sheet.

3. A sample holder comprising a mounting sheet having secured thereto a plurality of fabric swatches of like quality, a quality sample of at least substantially the area of said sheet secured to the latter and foldable over the swatches thereon, and a transparent cover for said folder hingedly connected to said sheet.

4. A sample holder comprising a mounting sheet having secured thereto a plurality of swatches of like quality, a quality sample of substantially twice the area of said sheet and constituting a backing and a covering therefor, and a transparent sheet secured to a portion of said sample so as to combine therewith to form a pocket for receiving said mounting sheet.

MARTIN STEINTHAL. 

